In Search of...
Pompeii
TV Flash files “Pompeii” as hour 82 of 152 in the TV Flash guide — In Search of... (1977–1982) on Syndicated, season 4, episode 10, aired 1979-11-27, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E10: listed hour 82 of 152 in the In Search of... guide, hour 10 of 24 in season 4. It aired 1979-11-27 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Abominable Snowman” (S04E09). Next is “D.B. Cooper” (S04E11).
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This great Roman city was a wealthy resort and mecca for fun-lovers before it was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Were early Christians among the Roman revelers?
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Where does Pompeii sit in the In Search of... guide?
S04E10 is listed hour 82 of 152 — hour 10 of 24 in season 4, season 4 episode 10.
When did In Search of... S04E10 air?
Pompeii aired 1979-11-27 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this a skeptical documentary?
It investigates with serious tone and does not require a closed answer. Nimoy's calm is the gravitas; the hypothesis can stay open.
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Why this series still plays
Leonard Nimoy narrates Bigfoot, Atlantis, and every late-night rabbit hole with Spock-grade calm. Syndicated paranormal documentary as mass habit, occult-chic 1970s meeting proto-cable mystery television. The voice, the grainy reenactments, and the pleasure of a hypothesis that never has to close.
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